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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-31
The Manufacture OF TYNE.

Gutenberg, Roster of he ever lived,
and most of the early printers made
their own type, and this, indeed, is the
germ and key of the whole industry
The making of the type is now call
ing by itself-the trade of the type
founder-but it is most curious that up
to the invention of the type-casting
machine in 1888 by an American, David
Bruce, Jr.. of New York, there had
been scarcely any improvements in the
} process since the early days. Then,
as now, in all probability, the type
founder cut first his "counter-punch"
of hard steel, which stamps into the
end of the tiny bit of soft steel the in
terror part of the letter to be made. 1t
is q patient man who must do this
work, which is completed by cutting
away all the superfuous metal outside
the letter, leaving in relief the letter
A of the desired new pattern or new
size. When a smoke-proof of his die
shows the punch-cutter that his A is
perfect, he hardens the bit of steel,
and with successive blows OF this die
upon bit of copper makes the matrix
for any number of type. If it is o
very large letter. the metal is poured
into mold, with these matrices at the
bottom, by hand, in the old-fashioned
way, and the letters sawn apart; but
most types are now cast in the little
casting machines, which will turn out
n hundred or more type q minute.
The type metal has been fused
in great melting-rooms, where the
lead, antimony and tin have
been mixed In the crucibles in
the proper proportions to form this
alloy, which must be "hard, yet not
brittle; ductile, yet tough; flowing
freely, yet hardening quickly" 1t is
kept fluid in a little furnace under the
casting machine, whence, as the caster
turns a crank, it is spurted by pump
in Just the right quantity to fill a tiny
mold which presents itself at the spout
at just the right moment to receive it.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-31
The Fear OF the Deal In China.

The great overruling superstitions of
China are, however, the fear of the
dead and the belief in Feng-Shui. The
latter word means literally wind and
water" and seems to typify both the
good and the baneful influences of
physical phenomena. 1t is the exist
ence of these two superstitions which
really forms the barrier to progress In
China, because they interfere with the
reception of foreign ideas and the de-
velopment of industrial projects in
mining, railway making, and 50 forth.
Feng-Shui is defined, says the Roman
Catholic Bishop of Ningpo, as "the
path of the Great Dragon, who rushes
through the air Just above the houses,
spouting blessings in showers from his
nostrils. He flies straight forward I'M
less by evil chance he should strike
against some high building, in which
case he turns aside at an angle, and so
the houses beyond lose their share of
his blessing Hence the Jealous care
of the Chinese house-builders lest any
one should build house higher than
his neighbor, and the singular uniform
ity of domestic architecture.
The fear of the dead leads to the
most slavish form of ancestor worship,
and the first three weeks of April are
specially devoted to the service of the
shades. At that time every one visits
the graves of his relations with offer
ings, carried on trays or in baskets.
The cost of these annual services and
offerings to the dead is stated by Miss
Gordon Cumming to be not less than
thirty-two millions sterling, all to
propitiate the spirits of those whose
graves cover the country, and who are
believed to be powerful for evil if neg
lected. The dead are even honored by
the bestowal of new titles if there is
special reason for distinguishing them.
All the Year Round.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-31
A Natural Mistake.

"Yes," said the old gentleman, sadly,
to the travelling man who sat next to
him in the car. "It's hard thing to
have outlived your usefulness; feel it
VERY much"
Il suppose you were engaged in a
pleasant and congenial occupation, 4"
ventured the travelling man.
Il was in the show business" was
the reply. 20, how l long to hear the
applause of the multitude and sniff the
sawdust once more"
"O," said his companion, "from the
last remark 1 should Judge that you
were connected with a circus.
"You are mistaken, sir" was the
somewhat stiff rejoinder, II was a bal
let master. Merchant TrdUeler.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-31
PIRATES IN CHINESE SEAS.
Where the business of Robbery ON the
Water Is IA flourishing One.

Where the Business of Robbery ON the
Water Is IA flourishing One.
Piracy on the high seas is now, fort
unately, crime long since dead among
European nations. We must go back
to the early period of Marryatt and
Cooper. says All the Year Round, If
we desire to know of the atrocities and
iniquities committed by the hordes of
lawless ruflians who used to infest the
seas at the beginning OF the present
century and cary on their merciless
business of butchery and plumber. Our
brethren in the Celestial empire, how
ever, are slow to remove evils, and
piracy with them seems to die hard.
reports occasionally reach this coun-
try of some European vessel being at
tackled in Chinese waters by the ma
tives, but, fortunately. owing to the
extreme cowardice usually displayed
by the attacking party, these attempted
depred atoms do not often lead to any
serious result.
The China Sea is, principally, the
happy hunting ground of these dast-
tardly pirates, and nature seems to
have adapted it specially for that par
ticular purpose. The China Sea is, in
many places, exceedingly shallow;
strong currents sweep along its course,
while numerous islands, with wooded
creeks, dotted here and there, afford
capital shelter and points of observa-
ton for piratical junks to lie in am
bush until some unsuspecting mer-
chairman shall heave in sight. Vessels
in traversing these seas have often to
contend against dead head winds or
Gains that last for days and days.
During these periods sailing ships have
frequently, if in proximity to land, to
cast anchor to prevent being carried
ashore by the various swift and con-
ficting currents, and at such times pre-
sent capital opportunities for the ma
RAIDERS of the seas to carry out their
nefarious designs.
Although as the Chinese pirate is,
as a rule, most abject coward where
Europeans are concerned, he is, at
least, capable of striking terror into
the hearts of his countrymen; and
couple of pirate junks, mounting but
a two-pounder gun between them, have
been known to blockade q port of 4, 600
inhabitants and to plumber every ship
that passed. In another case pirate
gang of 800, who had yielded to rush
of twenty or thirty blue jackets, had
previously defied native force of |, 800
troops and forty war iunks. Directly,
however, small gunboat, manned by
Europeans, appeared upon the scene,
their career was at an end.
Chinese piracy is, at times, almost
business. A pirate merchant in the
Wholesale way will infest certain vii
lagos on the seaboard or islands. He
will keep fifteen or twenty junks with
a corresponding retinue of ruflians,
and when he has secured his plumber
he stores it in safety. A pirate in
small way of business, having once
made good haul, will divide the spoil,
and then his followers Immediately dis
perse for fear of an attack from an
other gang. The old saying of dog
eat dog" applies with striking force to
the transactions of these plunderers Of
the China Sea.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-31
Modern Haste.

Nature isn't of very much account in
these days. We hustle the poor old
dame until she is so tired she can't
keep up with the procession. True,
we can't make hen set until she is
ready, but we don't care whether she
sets at all or not. We have artificial
hatcheries, incubators, that discount
all the hens in America in getting pull
lets ready for the spring market, and
hatch out 144 chickens before the live
lest natural hen in the nearest barn
yard can get nest scratched into
shape to suit her fastidious taste. We
hurry nature with hotbeds and we
fool her all winter with Conservatives,
we run past the swiftest birds with our
railway trains, we make water run up
hill and we take the sting out OF light
ming with q platinum tip.-Bltrdette.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-31
Beecher's Wisdom.

Every farm should own good far
mer.
A man never has good luck who has
bad wife.
The masses against the classes, the
world over.
A man who does not love praise is
not full man.
A man must ask leave of his stomach
to be happy man.
1t takes longer for a man to find out
man than any other creature that is
made.
A man without self-restraint is like
barrel without hoops, and tumbles to
pieces.
Whoever makes home seem to the
young dearer and more happy is q pub
| lie benefactor.
The greatest event in hens life is
hade up of an egg and cackle. But
eagles never cackle.
That cannot be healthy condition
in which few prosper and the great
mass are drudges.
A proud man is seldom a grateful
man, for he never thinks that he gets
as much as he deserves.
Communities are blest in the proper
ton in which money is diffused through
the whole range of population.
Gambling with cards or dice or stocks
is all one thing-it is getting money
without giving an equivalent for it,
Newspapers are the schoolmasters of
the common people. That endless
book, the newspaper, is our national
glory.
One of the original tendencies of the
human mind, fundamental and univer-
sal, is the love of other peoples private
affairs.
This is good world to sin in, but so
far as men are concerned it is very
hard world to repent in. 1t is bitter
world; it is a cruel world.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-31

The copper matrix forms the end Of
the mold, and as the latter jumps back
with its quickly cooling charge of met
al, the matrix frees itself from the
mold, the upper half of the mold pops
off, and the formed type is tossed out
instanter. Thence the tiny bits go to
the breakers, boys who break oil tho
waste "jets" of metal; rubbers, with
leather-protected fingers, sitting at
large circular stones, rub down the
rough edges; girls set the types up in
long rows into a "dressing-block," in
which they are held while the dresser,
with planning tool, grooves their un-
derstanding and SLAVES their sides per-
fectly true. After passing the inspe,-
tion of his magnifying-glass, the good
letters go to "A haven of rest to wait the
printers orders, while the bad are COM
mitted again to the flames. IL.
BoiCk.r, IN Harp RS Magazine.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-31

FULL boards were cultivated among
Eastern nations in early times, and have
always been regarded by them as a
badge of dignity. The fact that the
ancient Egyptian pictures frequently
represent the human male figure, es-
pecially when of king or dignitary.
without the beard, would seem to indi-
cate that it was mark of rank in Egypt
to be devoid of that appendage. In
ancient India, Persia, and Assyria,
however, the beard was allowed to grow
long, and was always esteemed SYM
boil of dignity and wisdom.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-31
Prof. Loisette's Memory Discovery.

No doubt can be entertained about the value
and genuineness Of Prot Loisette's Memory
System, as it is so strongly recommended by
Mark Twain, Mr.. Proctor, Hons. W. W. Aston,
Judah p Benjamin, DR.. Buckley and others.
For full details send for Prof. LIS prospectus,
at 237 Fifth Ave, New York From it the Sys-
TEN is taught by correspondence gu tie as well
as by personal instruction. Colleges near New
York have secured his lectures. He has had
100 Columbia Law students, two classes OF 20J
each at Yale 20 at Merlden, $50 at Norwich,
400 at Wellesley College, and 400 at University
of Penn. We cannot conceive how q system
could receive any higher Endorsement
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-31
'The Proper Study OF Mankind Is
Manv

Says the illustrious Pope II he had included
woman in the list he would have been nearer
tue truth. il not 80 poetical DIR. L. v. Pierce
has made them both life study, especially
woman, and the peculiar arrangements 10
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women in the land who are acquainted with
scripuon," bless him with all their hearts for
he has brought them the panacea for all those
chronic ailments peculiar TO their sex such as
pro'apsus aud other dis lacc ments, liberation,
internal fever" bloatng, tendency to internal
cancer. and other ailments. Price reduced to
one dollar. BY druggists.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-31
Blowing Up He'll Gate

Has been laboriou- and costly work, but the
end just fies the effort Obstruction in any
important channel means disaster. 0bstruc-
tons in the organs of the human body bring
inevitable disease. They must be cleared
away, or physical wreck will follow Keep the
liver in order, and the pure blood courses
through the body conveying health, strength,
and life; let it become dlsordered and the
channels are clogged with impurities, which
result IN disease and death. No other medi-
cine equals Dr. Pierce's "Golden Medical Dis
covery" for acting upon the liver and purify
ing the blood
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-31
Good for Hard Workers.

II lie fully claimed and pretty we'll sustained
that hard workers can accomplish almost twice
as much and save themselves from illness and
loss OF time II they take eight cents worth per
day Of ihe extract OF the Moxe Nerve Food
Plant now Great ng so much discussion The
dealers say its sale Is tho largest ever known
IL nervous woman gets hold OF bottle sho
gets the whole neighborhool to talking about
il, and woman's curiosity has to be graf fed
il il costs the price OF bonnet
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-31

Scrofula, Bronchitis, and General Debility will
try Scott's Emulsion OF Cod Liver OH with
they will find immediate re-
lief aud permanent benefit The Medical Pro-
fession universally declare il remedy OF the
greatest value and very palatable Read: Il
have used SCOTS Emulsion in several CAGES
of Scrofula and Debility in Children Results
most gratifying My little patients take 1t
with pleasure. Wv A. HUBERT, D., Sails
bury, Ill
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-31

THE first year of the Christian era
began on the Jewish Sabbath, Satur-
day. The early Christians, until the
era of the birth of Christ had been
estimated, dated from the accession of
Diocletian in 2S4.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-31

LONDON was not paved at the con-
quest. The first toll for repairing a
road was for that from Temple Bar to
st. Giles, the place of execution in
the reign of Edward III. The city
was first lighted by private lanterns in
1414; in 1744 the first lighting act
passed, and in 1850 gas was generally
substituted for oil.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-31

Previous to the reign of Alexander
the Great the Greeks wore boards, but
during the wars of that monarch they
commenced shaving, the practice hav-
ing been suggested, it is said, by Alex
ander, for the purpose of depriving the
enemy of an opportunity of catching
the soldiers by the beard. The fashion
thus begun continued until the reign of
Justinian, when long boards again be-
came customary.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-31
No Trouble to Swallow

DR. Pierce's @pelIets" (the original @little liver
pills'0, and no pain or gripping Cure sick or
bilious headache, sour stomach, and cleanse
the system and bowels % cts wal
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-31

If you wish to be rid of bothersome
peddler, don't threaten TO throw him out.
Offer TO buy him out instead.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-31

FIVE dollars can be saved every year in boots
and shoes by using Lyons Heel Stffeners; cost
only 25c.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-31

You can always distinguish the young
lady who rules the household by her mar
shall air.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-31

THE first thing planted in the garden of
Eden-Adam's foot.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-31

UNTIL the introduction of Christian
ity the Anglo-Saxons all wore boards
without distinction, but then the
clergy were compelled by law to shave.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-31

IT is better to rise with the lark than
with the bent pen.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-31
Ifsurer,rs from Denomination,

SPRING mattress, like a spring chick
en-, is in season all the year round.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-31
Odd Fellows Excursion to Denver, Col,
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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-31

THE Frazer Axle Greaseis better and cheaper
than any other at double the price.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-31

BEST, easiest 10 use, and cheapest. Plso'i
Remedy for Catarrh. BY druggists. SOC.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-07-30
Killed by Dcsncrndoes.

RocKPoIr, Miss, July 80. Deputy Sher
if Anthony DeLoue, WIN. Bostwick and G.
G. Bostwick attempted Yesterday afternoon
to arrest Con and Charley Franklin, tive
horse thieves who escaped from Jail in Holt
county Thursday night The desperadoes
were in Val. Meyers farmhouse, about four
miles from here. No sooner had the officers
drawn up in front of the house than the
FrankliDs appeared in the door, each armed
with two revolcers, and opened fire. De
Long was shot dead and G. G. Bostwick IA
tally wounded in the groin. VIM. Bostwicl
whipped up his horse and hurried TO Phelps
City. A posse was at once organized ana
started for the Meyers house, but found the
desperadoes gone. The posse is in pursuit
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-07-30
Letter from Ola Point.

Correspondence Oft tho Alexandria Gazette.
OLD POINT, July 2S.-Among the reign
ing bellies at the Hygeia hotel, Old Point
Comfort, Va, is Miss Ella Il. Smoot, Of
Alexandria, dainty little being, with gold
en- hair, deep brown eyes, slender figure,
tiny hands and feet, low sweet voice aad
refined manners. Her exquisite voice and
golden crown" have won her the sobrique;
of canary bird" A charming lilile i'm
promptu musicale was given under her aus
pieces on Sunday evening in Banquet halt
at the close of the regular sacred Copcer
given by the post band ia the pavilion. NJ r.
Jules J. Bach, of New York city, wb ose
touch upon the piano keys seems absOlU tely
faultless, was acCompanist, and Mrs. Dr.. =.
Newton Leo, of the same place, and Miss
Bessie Kimberly. Of Old Point, the vo caIisfs.
Some fine Rotations were also rend cred by
Mr.. Louis O'Shaughnessey, who is cf inno cted
with the Cincinnati Commercial.
AT the german given Monday evening by
DR.. Rogers, of Washington, With Mrs. c.
G. Duncanson, Of Washington, Mrs c. NJ
McGhee, Of New York city, and Mrs. j. r..
Williams of Nashville, Tenn, acting a.
chaperones, Miss Smoot was pronounced
the oveliest young lady on The floor. She
wore 4 white silk, lace trimmed skirt
dancing length bout faut drapery low
cut sleeveless corsage; diamond necklace
and earrings, and carried Il bouquet Of white
roses and heliotrope. Mrs Duncanson Wa
also very elegantly alfred ID black Spanish
lace overy cherry satin; diamond necklace
earrings and bracelets FEWI STFsH.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-07-30
TO.DAY,s TELEGRAPlH1C NEWS.
Z Panic.

New YORK, July 30.-The selling yester-
day, which caused the heavy liquidation in
the afternoon, developed into panic at the
opening of the Exchange this morning and
stocks were sold at any sacrifice, the only
object of the brokers seeming to be the clos
ing of accounts of ruined spectators. The
greatest cause Of the decline was the non
appearance of Harry Powers, who took the
place of Russell Sage as the leading writer
of privileges on the street. His business
was enormous, and many operators held his
puts and calls rs security against their
stocks. At the Office of Gould & Henry,
who do most of Powers Stock Exchange
business, no statement can be obtained, al
though one of the attaches admitted that
Powers was embarrassed but would proba-
bly, come out all right and settle everything
ia full. There need be no suspension to-
day, even though he is bankrupt, rs the
half holiday prevents any stock being put
to him to-day.
ll:20 a. m.-The news of the non-aDpear-
auce of Powers caused the Offering Of stocks
in such volume that prices began rapid de
cline, which was only limited by the fact
that no cash could be realized from any sales
made to-day. Richmond Terminal fell . ..